Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid?: Not Indicated
| Rating: 0

Pros:

First three ingredients are named meat products.

Cons:

Appears heavy in grains.

The first three ingredients of this food are named meat products. The first two of these are meat inclusive of water content which, once removed as it must be to make kibble, will leave these ingredients weighing around 20% of their wet weight. It is therefore likely that they are more accurately placed much further down the ingredient list.

The presence of a meat meal ingredient third on the ingredient list does increase our confidence in the meat content of the food. However, since this is followed by five grains, the food begins to look rather grain-heavy. There are further meat ingredients 9th, 13th and 14th on the ingredient list, but these are too far down to represent a significant portion of the food.

The main grains are barley, rice (two forms), oatmeal and millet. These are primarily good quality grains that are low allergenic. Potatoes are a further carbohydrate and protein source.

Flaxseed is a good quality source of Omega 6 and Omega 3 essential fatty acids and the food contains a nice range of fruits and vegetables. We would prefer to see the use of whole eggs rather than egg product in the food.

We note the inclusion of fish meal preserved with Ethoxyquin (confirmed by manufacturer). Ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative banned or heavily regulated in use in human food because it is believed to be carcinogenic. We cannot recommend the use of any product using ingredients preserved with this chemical.

Editors

Registered: October 2005Posts: 3953

Review Date: Thu August 17, 2006

Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid?: Not Indicated
| Rating: 0

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Cons:

In further correspondence, Diamond Pet Foods has advised that they have now agreed with their supplier that fish meal ingredients will not be preserved with Ethoxyquin, and they anticipate a written guarantee to that effect.

We are considering whether this can give us the confidence to amend our review of this product. However, we would wish to see such a guarantee of the integrity of ingredients on the manufacturer website or product packaging (not just the recently added text that states the manufacturer is not adding chemical preservatives).

Editors

Registered: October 2005Posts: 3953

Review Date: Thu August 17, 2006

Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: Not Indicated
| Rating: 0

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As of today, the manufacturer is guaranteeing the use of ethoxyquin-free meat and fish sources in their foods and a statement to that effect has been placed on the front page of their website.

We therefore withdraw the comment above about ethoxyquin being present in this food (although it would apply to foods in the new formulas manufactured before this date).

All ratings now applied to Chicken Soup products are on the basis of use of ethoxyquin-free ingredients in the food. Users should continue to monitor the manufacturer website in case of future changes.